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Patented Feb. 9, 1897.

' E. QUBNNOY. GLIGHL PoR PRINTING PATTERNS.

(o Model.)

Nol 576,889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

ETIENNE QUENNOY, LILLE, FRANCE, ASSIGNORATO HENRI EDOUARD COUZINEAU, OFSAME PLACE.

CLICH FOR PR|NT|NG PATTERNS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 576,889, dated February9, 1897. Application filed December 1, 1896. Serial No. 614,105. (Nomodel.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ETIENNE QUENNOY, a citizen of the Republic' ofFrance, residing at Lille, Department du Nord, France, have invented anImproved Clich for Transferring or Printing Outlines of Patterns or theLike onto Cloth or the Like, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for transferring or printing outlinesof patterns or the like onto cloth, and has for its object to constructa light, flexible, and durable clich.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a plan view of a clichhaving the outlines of a pattern in relief; and Fig. 2 is a sectiontaken on line 2 2 of Fig. l, but drawn to an enlarged scale.

In order to produce a clich that may be used over a printing-cylinder asWell as on a flat surface, and yet be inexpensive, durable, and easilymanipulated, I form the sheet carrying the relief of a suitable flexiblematerial, preferably of cloth and paper combined.

In the drawings, a represents the cloth, and b a strong paper backingwhich is glued thereto. This prevents the cloth from being stretchedandthus deforming the patterns, and the combination forms a solidyetsupple support for the embossed outline of the pattern.

Facsmiles of the'different pieces required to form the garment or thelike are rstcut out as patterns in cardboard, and these variouscardboard patterns are carefully arranged on a sheet of paper-backedcloth of a convenient length and corresponding in Width to that of thematerial from which the garment is to be cut, so that the various piecestit closely together and leave as little uncovered lspace as possible.vW'hen this grouping is iinished, the outlines of the patterns aremarked on the cloth a, and liexible bands are applied on these outlines.These eXible bands c may be made of various materials, but by preferenceI employ bands cut from a combination of cloth and caoutchouc. As shownin Fig. 2, each band c is formed of several layers d of cloth, and a toplayer of caoutchouc e, glued together. Caoutchouc alone Would be lesssolid, more expensive, and more difficult to make adhere to the cloth.The layer of caoutchouc simply serves the purpose of taking up andconveying the ink.

I claim as my inventionl. A clich consisting of a flexible sheet ofcloth With a paper backing glued thereto and having flexible bandsforming the outlines of the patterns in relief thereon.

2. A clich consisting of a sheet of cloth and a backing of strong paperglued thereto, in combination With bands, composed of several layers ofcloth glued together, forming the outlines of the patterns in relief onthe said cloth.

3. A clich consisting of a iiexible sheet of paper-backed cloth havingIieXible bands forming the outlines of the patterns in relief thereon,the said bands composed of several layers of cloth glued together and atop layer of caoutchouc, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

ETIENNE QUENNOY.

lVitnesses DAVID OGILVIE, ELEILE SIERREZ.

